Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-16

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VIII the shut eyelids ever rise?
o friendsl no proof beyond this ysarning,
This Outreach Of our seuls, we need;
God will not mock the hope He giveth;
No love he prompts shall vainly plead.
Then let US stretch our hands in darkness,
And call our loved ones DER and DER:
Some times their arms shall close about US,
And the old voices speak once more.
-JoHa G.. WHITTIER.
A CHEERFUL SPIRIT.
Worry brushes out the finer SENSIBLE
tiles of the heart and leaves it dry and
barren, then life becomes dreary tread
mill and hope hides behind the clouds
Of disappointment until we see nothing
but desert of waiting before us. What
If the clouds are dark, thera is always a
silver lining; if not, make one. My
motto is this: Never to let anybody or
anything spoil my life or spoil it my
self by dwelling in the shadow when
Summer is 50 near. Words of SYM
pathy coming from friend go long
way toward tightening the load of care
that falls to some of the weary ones of
earth. Then why should we withhold
them2 If we cannot be happy it is no
reason we should make others unhappy.
Cultivate cheerful spirit, andvery soon
another guest will find an entrance
through the door of the heart-content-
ment- and when we let that in its twin
sister-happiness- will soon follow.
1t is selfish to be unhappy when there
are so many needing help. We should
be strong for others who are too weak
to be strong for themselves, and are
overwhelmed by the trials and tempta-
tons of life. Many woman's life is
crushed like the wayside flower by one
who should be q protector and friend.
For such my heartaches, and sympathy
is ever awake. If we look about US we
can see so many bruised hearts needing
words of hope and cheer that the petty
trials will vanish like mist in the sun
shine.
RASPBERRIES. Sc
! 1t Is pretty general rule to let
the raspberry canes take care
of themselves. Never was there a
greater mistake. Years ago when we
depended on the delicious half hardy
kinds, like Brinckle's Orange, Fran
coma, and even Hudson River Ant
werp, the need of covering them with
soil in the Autumn and uncovering IN
S1,rir ip1,1ooG ~,
ing superhuous canes and tying up the
remainder. Now, this is precisely
what the hardy varieties need. Go
over the rows, thin out, head back and
supply proper supports. For the lat
ter stout stakes driven in the ground
about six or eight feet apart, with mar
row strips fastened lengthwise, enable
us to tie the canes securely. A liberal
supply of good rotted manure forked
in around the roots when the ground
becomes sufficiently dry will almost
certainly insure good crop of fruit.
CURRANTs AND GoosEBERR1Es.
The advice is sometimes given to cut
off all buds from the base of currants
and gooseberry cuttings, but such extra
care is waste of time, as the bark of
these fruits is filled with adventurous
buds that are on the alert to start into
life. And all, what good purpose does
this practice server Our hot Summers
sun exerts a deadly influence on the
naked stems. Nature is opposed to the
tree-form of these bushes but may not
be forced to follow our fancies. On
the Centennial Grounds at Philadelphia
in 1876 a foreign exhibitor endeavored
to introduce these standards, and al
though the novelty of the thing caused
large sales the scheme collapsed after
plants had been tested. Currants and
gooseberries should be grown In bush
form, without trimming, save the re-
moval of dead, unhealthy or super
fiuous shoot. They require plenty of
rich food, and are the better for slight
mulch all Summer long, say of long
table manure.
A year ago we gave an account of the
new poison tyrotoxicon-which has
been isolated from cheese, and also de-
tected later in ice cream which has sick
ened a New Jersey picnic parry. DR..
Vaughan, the discoverer, was expert
menting with this substance at the Mich
igan University not long since-evapor-
ating it over the fre-when he discov-
cred that it was as explosive as gum
powder under heat. Fortunately he
had set the vessel down for an instant
as the explosion took place, or he would
have lost his sight.
GOAT KEEPING.
Professor Long, of England, advises
working people to keep goat, because
1t can be kept more cheaply than any
other animal and will yield profitable
return in milk. He thinks the expense
of maintaining one would not exceed
$5 a year, while it will eat almost any
kind of food and yield from time of kid
ding and for six months from one and q
half to two quarts of milk per day,
worth at least eight cents quart.
! THROUGH DEPARTMENT EYES.
The June returns of the Department
of Agriculture Of Washington indicate
a reduction Of nearly 2 per cent in the
area of Winter wheat. The spring
wheat area has been enlarged per cent
from increase Of immigration and farm
making West of the Mississippi in the
distriofa fro uorcod 1,u fho No,fh or, De-;